Byington, Drs. E.

Drs. Eliza Byington

Room T8-13
Tel. +31 (0) 10 4082908
+31 (0) 10 4081979
Fax +31 (0) 10 4089015
E-mail ebyington@rsm.nl


Education


2007
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PhD Student in Organization & Personnel Management
Rotterdam School of Management
Erasmus University
(Expected Completion May 2011)
Dissertation Chair: Prof. Daan van Knippenberg
Rotterdam, The Netherlands


Additional Training

2007 Kurt Lewin Institute
Doctoral level coursework in social psychology & methodology
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006 University of Washington Business School
Doctoral level coursework in management: “Contemporary Research in Organizational Behavior”
Seattle, WA


Research Interests

My primary area of research is the composition of effective work teams, in particular how intra-group diversity in personality, intelligence, and motivation influence group processes and performance.

Published Works

Felps, W., Mitchell, T. R., & Byington, E ., 2006. How, when, and why bad apples spoil the barrel: Negative group members and dysfunctional groups. Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 27, 181–230.

Conference Presentations

  • Byington, E., & Felps, W., 2009. Creating Whole Worlds out of Half Truths: The IQ-Job Performance Relationship as Self-Fulfilling. Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, Organizational Management Theory Division. Chicago, IL.

  • Felps, W., & Byington, E., 2005. How teammates respond to bad apples. Presented at Academy of Management meeting, Organizational Behavior Division. Honolulu, HI.